Ash receiver



Aug. 22, 1933. J. COHEN 1,923,529

ASH RECEIVER Filed NOV. 1, 1929 INVENTOR.

Patented Aug. 22, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Application November 1, 1929. Serial No. 403,998 10 Claims. (01. 20c19.5)

This invention relates to ash receivers for motor vehicles, and moreparticularly, to a device of that kind which is adapted to be mounted onthe instrument board so that the ash receptacle thereof may be movedfrom a position behind the instrument board, where it is out of sight,to a position in front of the instrument board, for use.

An object of this invention is to provide an ash receiver with afinger-piece or other manually engageable means for producing themovement of the ash receptacle so that it may, with ease, be moved fromits relatively inaccessible position behind the instrument board, to ano:- sition infront thereof, for use.

Anotherobject is to provide means for automatically completing themovement of the ash receptacle to its inaccessible out-of-sight positionwhen moved toward, said position by a manual operation.

A further objectv is to provide a finger-piece or other manuallyengageable means by means of which the ash receptacle may be moved toand from its accessible and inaccessible positions without the operatordirectly engaging the receptacle by hand.

Another object is to provide means for automatically completing themovement of the ash receptacle to either accessible or inaccessibleposition. i

A further object is to provide means cooperating with the ash receptaclewhen the latter is in its inoperative or inaccessible position, forsmothering any smoldering contents of the receptacle. 7 A stillfurtherobject is to provide'improved means for locking the receptacle andreceptacle-carrying means together and yet permitting the easy removal.of the receptacle so that it may be emptied of its contents.

And still another object is to provide the ash receiver in whichthereceptacle-carrying means and actuatingmeans for the latter, is mountedon a supporting frame which constitutes a subassembly and whichsub-assembly. may be setrates one form of the present invention-'-Figure 1 is a plan view of the ash receiver, showing the ash receptaclein inaccessible position behind the instrument board.

Fig. 2 'is a side elevation of the ash receiver,

showing the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1.

Fig; 3 .is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the ash receiver in itsaccessible position in front of theinstrument board. a

As shown in the accompanying-drawing, .the ash receiver is adapted to bemounted on an instrument board 10 of a motor vehicle, and for thispurpose the ash receiver is provided with .a U-shaped bracket 11 havingfront and rear ver- 5- tical arms 12 and 13, the former being adapted toengage the front surface of the instrument board while the latter has aclamping screw 14 for engaging the rear surface thereof and securelyfastening the bracket to the instrument 0 board. i

Secured to the bracket 11 is a .frame 15 on which there is pivotallymounted an arm 16 on which a cup-like receptacle l'lris mounted. Thereceptacle-carrying arm 16 is provided with an enlarged head 18 having aflange 19 form,- ing a socket to receive the upper end 20 of thecup-like receptacle 1'7, and the head 18'is provided with an aperture 21through which'ashes or tobacco products, or other articles to be dise 30posed of, may pass into the cup 17. To permit the cup-like ashreceptacle 17 to be removed from the carrying-arm 16 with easeso thatthe contents of the cup may be'disposed of and yet to prevent accidentalremoval thereof, the cup is provided with lugs 22 adapted to passthrough and be locked in-bayonetslots23. provided in the flange 19 onthe, head 18 of the'carrying arm 16.

I-Ience, according to the present invention, to remove the cup 17, it isrotated relative to the head 18 to unlock the lugs 22 from the bayonetslots to permit the' lugs to pass downwardly through the verticalportions of the bayonet slots. In replacing the cup, it ismcrelynecessary to align the lugs 22 with the vertical portions of thebayonet slots 23, push the cup upwardly, and then rotate the cup withrelation to the head 18 so as to lock the lugs 22 in the bayonet slots.The frame 15 on which the carrying-arm 16 is pivotally mounted,comprises two plates 24'and 25 in the specific embodiment of the presentinvention herein illustrated, and these are spaced from each other toform housing and guiding means for means to actuate the ashreceptaclecarrying arm 16, as will be explained below; by lugs 26, 2'7,28 and 29 on one or both of the plates and projecting toward andengaging the other of the plates, and the lugs 28 and 29 are strainincidental to securing the device to an in:--

strument board does not tend to cause binding. of the parts so that theycannot movefreely as desired, as would be the case iiethe. receptacle"carrying arm were mounted directly on the bracket. This structure alsohastheadvantageof making it possible to apply the unit assembly: tovarious types of brackets so that the main operatingrpants of. the ashreceptaplemay be; put;

to various uses and in various makes of cars being easily connected: tovariousrftypes of 'In order that the ashareceptacleyin its ineoasrativez position; .will; be: sufficiently; far :behind theinstrument;board.12: as to. be Qutofsight ot'itheloccupantsl of the;motoryehicle; the ash: receptaclescarrying arm 16 ismade long andisallmwe'dc torhave; substantial irange. of movemmte-eiorrinstance,fromthe positionrshown in ma. 3': where."v the: ashreceptacle: isaccessible fol-'i'use;=.to:' the; position shown inFig. .1 where itt-isoutsofi-i-sight behinct'the: instrument board.

* is a"; very desirable: arrangement; for not only is the ash receptaclekept from View, but itzis iamenoughrback so" that it will not. be: hitby theknees oflpersons sittingin the .front. seats ofethetvehicleg-However; the ash .reecptacle. is, in its inoperatwe'i position, sofar:back. of. the instrument beam; thatiit iserelatively inaccessible forhand engagement, andtit would require: considerable trouble:orrzthezpartofithe usento reach back of the instrument: board and;grasp-the receptacle LIraml swingrit toxaccessible position... Likewise;

itvwould beiinconveni'entto return the receptacle td-tii'nzinoperativezposition;-

Tbifacilitater the movement of the receptaclecarryinganm 16 to-cause:the receptacle to be madeiaccessibleork inaccessible, the presentinvention: provides: manually-engageable means for" causing: theimovementpoii the receptaclecarrying arm; This means, in the embodimentof .the'rpresent invention herein. illustrated, comprises aupl-unger' 30located between the plates 24% and 25: of: the:-frame 15p..slidinggthereon, andcjguided for'straight-line in and-out' move- IIIEIItS-DM'thOKIUESiZT, 28 and 29 which space and: holdxthe plates 24- and 2530fthe-frameel5 together:

1 3'1? meshingciw-ith an:idler' gear 32 journaled in the :platesv24; and25:-of..the frame and which -'I-he:iplunger 30 is? provided with a gearrack meshes witha gear 33 secured tosth'e receptacle-carrying? arrrr.16': The plunger 30 at its forward: end has a finger-piece or knob 34whichsalies cl'osez tofthe" front arm 12? of the bracket; 1 1: when: thereceptacle is in its concealed; inaccessible position as shown in Fig.1.

-W'heueiit' isz desirezto" use the, ash receptacle,

thei -knob orcfingers-piecee34: is pulled outwardly, GMJSiIlg-YQIBrackr3'-1.to rotate the idler. gear 32 QIIG ithBFgEBJ T 33 orrthereceptaclearrn' 16. countersclockwise, with the resuit that thereceptacle-carrying arm is swung from the position shown in Fig. 1 tothat shown in Fig. 3, at which time the knob 34 protrudes substantiallyfrom the front arm 18 of the bracket and the instrument board. The ashreceptacle 17, after having been used, may be returned to itsinaccessible and concealed position by pressing on the knob 34 andforcing it to move. toward the instrument board. The movements of theash receptacle, gears and rack 1 are limited by stop pins 35 and 36 onthe plunger 30 which engage the front and back edges of the plate 25 inthe inoperative and operative. positions of the receptacle respectively."In order to make it unnecessary to complete theiim'ovemntszof theplunger 30 by the fingerpieoe. 34 in order to move the ashreceptaclecarrying' arrnautomatically to the limits of its movement; inorder to permit the receptacle to be moved to inoperative orinaccessible position result of pushing on the receptacle l'Tdirectly bythe operators-hand, as the operator may-well desire to do; and further,in order to hold the receptacle in operative andinoperative position's,the present invention provides a spring 37; one'end ofwhich is: anchoredon-apost 38 carried by the frame 15 and theother end of which isanchored in an ear 39 extending-downwardly from the receptacle-carryingarm- 16. Thepost 38- and ear 39-are so placed relatively and'rel'ativeto the shaft '40 carried by the receptacle carrying arm-16 andjournaled' intheplates 24" and 25*that, as thereceptacle-carry ing arm.is moved frcm operative or accessible position toward inoperativeorinaccessible position, thespring- 37 is tensioned or stretched. Whenthespring; as a result of this movement, is carried acrossthe' axisof'the shaft ,40, that is to'say; th'e'axisof rotation of'thereceptaclecarrying arm 16, it is free to contractor return toits normalcondition; and in doing'so completes" the movement ofthe-'receptacle-carrying arm' 16*;the same action occurs when the re.-.-ceptacle carrying arm is moved-from inaccessible to accessibleposition;The spring 3'7, being under tension in both positions of thereceptacle-carrying' arm, takes up any looseness or back lash inthepartsand'prevents rattling or-vibration ofthe parts; whileholdin'g the ashreceptacle-carrying arm in either of its extreme positions.

It is. particularly advantageous" to' have this automatic means forcompleting the movement ofth'e ash receptacle from accessible toinaccessible position, for when the ash. receptacle is accessible it maybe directly engagedi'by the operators fingers or hand to be forced orthrown rearwardly thereby, and. the spring and other parts are soarranged thatthe cupor receptacle 17 does not pass beyond theconvenientreach of the user until the spring is carried across the axisof.' oscillation of the receptacle-carrying arm, .or, .at least until,by a rapid movement of the hand while engaging. the cup, sufficientmomentum is obtained'to move the receptaclecarrying arm far enough tocarry the spring acrossthe axis of. oscillation of thereceptaclecarryingarm 16.

The. present invention also provides means for shaped and. located soasto'fitover thereceptacle 1'? when the latter is in its inoperativeposition as shown in Fig.1. The cover 41- may, as shown, be formedintegral with the plate 25 of the frame 15 and in the sameplane as thelatter, so that when the arm 16 carries the ash receptacle to itsinoperative inaccessible position, the arm slides under the cover 41 andprevents any appreciable amount of air entering the receptacle 17through the hole 21 in the head 18 of the receptacle-carrying arm 16.Thus, any cigarette or cigar butts, or other smoldering articles, in thereceptacle are smothered.

In addition to doing this, the cover 41 prevents any down draughts whichmay be present under the instrument board and which are present in manyforms of motor vehicles where ventilation is provided through the cowl,from blowing the contents of the receptacle 1'? therefrom. Without thiscover 41, these downward draughts might cause the ashes to be blown fromthe receptacle 17, even though the head 18constitutes a bafiie tendingto prevent it. 7

Variations and modifications may 'be made within the scope of thisinvention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and forwhich it is desired to obtain Letters-Patents, is:

1. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattachable to an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and carrying the ash receptacle tomove'the latter from a position back of the instrument board to anaccessible position in front thereof for use; a reciprocatory rackmounted on the supporting frame and movable perpendicularly to the planeof the instrument board; gearing between the rack and the receptaclecarrying means; and an accessible finger-piece on the rack by means ofwhich it may be moved in and out to cause the receptacle carrying meansthrough said gearing to move the receptacle from one position to anotherand vice versa.

2. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattachable to an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and carrying the ash receptacle to movethe latter from a position back of the instrument board to an accessibleposition in frontthereof for use; manually engageable means foroperating said ash receptacle carrying means to initiate the moyement ofthe latter which causes the ash receptacle to move from inaccessibleposition toward accessible position; and spring means biased by theinitial movement of the ash receptacle carrying means for completingsaid movement to cause the ash receptacle to be moved" to accessibleposition.

3. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattachable to an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and carrying the ash receptacle to movethe latter from a position back of the instrument board to an accessibleposition in' front thereof for use; manually engageable means foroperating said ash receptacle carrying means to initiate the movement ofthe latter which causes the ash receptacle to move from accessibleposition to inaccessible position; and spring means biased by theinitial movement of the ash receptacle carrying means for completingsaid movement to causethe ash receptacle to be moved to accessibleposition. 1

4. An ash" receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattachable to an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and. carrying the ash receptacle to movethe latter from a position back of the instrument board to an accessibleposition in front thereof for use; and spring means adapted to be biasedto complete the movement of the ash receptacle carrying means when thelatter is moved to make the ash receptacle accessible.

5. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattachable to an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and carrying the ash receptacle to movethe latter from a position back of the instrument board to an accessibleposition in front thereof for use; and spring means adapted to be biasedto complete the movement of the ash receptacle carrying means when thelatter is moved to make the ash receptacle inaccessible.

6. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattached to an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and carrying the ash receptacle to movethe latter from a position back of the instrument board to an accessibleposition in front thereof for use; and spring means adapted. to bebiased to complete the movement of the ash receptacle carrying meanswhen the latter is moved toward either accessible position in front ofthe instrument board or inaccessible position behind the instrumentboard.

'7. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattachable to an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and carrying the ash receptacle to movethe latter from a position back of the instrument board to an accessibleposition in front thereof for use; and. means for closing the ashreceptacle when the latter is moved from accessible to inaccessibleposition to smother any burning contents in the receptacle.

8. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a supporting frameattachable to .an instrument board; an ash receptacle; means movablymounted on the supporting frame and carrying the ash receptacle to movethe latter from a position back of the instrument board to an accessibleposition in front thereof for use;

and a plate carried by the supporting frame and adapted to overlie andcover the ash receptacle when the latter is in position back of theinstrument board to smother any burning contents in the receptacle.

9. An ash receiver for motor vehicles comprising a U-shaped bracketadapted to be clamped to an instrument board; a plate secured to thebracket; an ash receptacle; means movably mounted on said plate andcarrying the ash receptacle to move the latter from a concealed positionback of the instrument board to an accessible position in front of theinstrument board for use; and an extension on said plate adapted tocover theash receptacle when the latter is in inaccessible position tosmother.

V gagement with the plate. t

the latter is fretu ned to its inaccessible posi- Mon-behindtheinstrument board. to smother any burning contents in t he repeptacle;and means 0n -theplateand; arm for moving the arm to inaccessibleposition and into cooperative en- JOSEPH H. COHEN.

